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Bankers say economy remains weak in rural parts of 10 states

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July 16th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new survey of bankers suggests the economy remains weak in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states. The overall index for the region remained negative at 44.1 in July even though it improved from June’s 37.9. Any score below 50 suggests a shrinking economy, while a score above 50 suggests a growing economy, survey organizers say. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says weak agriculture crop prices, retail sales and layoffs have hurt the bankers’ economic confidence.

Bankers from Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming were surveyed.

Des Moines police say man killed woman, then himself

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July 16th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police say a man apparently shot and killed a woman and then killed himself. Police on Thursday identified the woman killed in the Wednesday afternoon shooting as 27-year-old Miranda Arlene Stierwalt. Investigators believe she was shot by 33-year-old Daniel Francis Dooley, who then shot and killed himself. The couple lived together in the Des Moines home. Officers found their bodies Wednesday after Stierwalt’s 10-year-old child entered the home and found her body. The child called 911 and said she was injured.

Search for missing girl, 10, shifts to Clinton, Iowa area

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July 16th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

CLINTON, Iowa (AP) — Investigators say they have launched a massive search for a 10-year-old missing girl in a rural area outside of Clinton, Iowa. Davenport Police Maj. Jeff Bladel said that “newly developed information” in the disappearance of 10-year-old Breasia Terrell has shifted the search to the Clinton and Camancha area in eastern Iowa. He says that a dozen law enforcement agencies and scores of volunteers were participating in the search, based in the tiny town of Low Moor.

Bladel says that investigators have identified a “wide area to search.” Terrell vanished last week after spending the night at the apartment of her half-brother’s father, who has been called a person of interest.

Iowa Attorney General sues Omaha stem cell company for ‘wild’ health claims

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July 16th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa’s attorney general filed suit today (Thursday) in Polk County District Court against a Nebraska-based stem cell therapy center. Attorney General Tom Miller accuses Regenerative Medicine and Anti-Aging Institutes of Omaha of making deceptive, misleading claims that targeted older Iowans.  “They made incredibly strong claims about dealing with pain, back pain, knees, hips, arthritis, but they went beyond that,” Miller says. “They made claims that they could reverse COPD to some extent, and even in the Alzheimer’s area.”

The suit alleges the company’s salespeople used high-pressure tactics to persuade possibly hundreds of Iowans to buy unproven, expensive procedures that aren’t covered by health insurance.  “They made claims that, as their title indicated, that they could roll back aging,” Miller says. “They even quantified it at some point as three years, they’d give you three years back in terms of aging.” The marketing campaigns were highly aggressive, Miller says. “They had newspaper ads, they had TV ads, and what they focused on in Iowa, they recruited people to come to educational seminars concerning their product and they did 90 of those in Iowa,” he says. “They were essentially high-pressure sales, it wasn’t a seminar as much as a high-pressure sales event.”

Those events were held in cities across the state between April of 2018 and September of 2019. Nebraska’s attorney general is also filing a simultaneous lawsuit in that state today, accusing the company of fraud. It’s still unclear, Miller says, how many people in the two states may have bought into the “wild” claims. “The cost is considerable, anywhere from $1,400 to $27,000 to have a treatment,” Miller says. “They pushed a lot for the treatments that cost $16- and $17,000.” Miller’s office is seeking an injunction against the defendants and consumer restitution.

The suit also seeks civil penalties of up to $40,000 for each violation of the Consumer Fraud Act and $5,000 for each violation of the Older Iowans Law.

New Unemployment claims increase

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July 16th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The number of new and continuing unemployment claims both increased in the last week. Iowa Workforce Development says the first-time claims for unemployment hit 11-thousand-125 in the last week. That’s up by just about 12-hundred, and came after the U-S Labor Department adjusted the previously reported number for the prior week down by 741. The number of continuing claims was up by about 28-hundred. And that comes after the Labor Department adjusted the claims for the previous week done by 926. Manufacturing had the most NEW unemployment claims filed last week — with 4, 471.

Iowa drug kingpin who killed 5 people in 1993 to be executed

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July 16th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa meth kingpin who kidnapped and killed five people, including two young girls, to thwart his prosecution for drug trafficking in 1993 is set to become the third federal inmate to be executed this week. Fifty-two-year-old Dustin Honken would become the first defendant from Iowa to die from capital punishment since 1963 if his lethal injection takes place as scheduled on Friday in Terre Haute, Indiana, where he has been on death row since 2005.

FILE – In this Oct. 11, 2005, file photo, Dustin Lee Honken is led by US Marshals into the Federal Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, prior to his sentencing. Honken an Iowa meth kingpin who kidnapped and killed five people, including two young girls, to thwart his prosecution for drug trafficking in 1993 is set to become the third federal inmate to be executed this week. Honken would become the first defendant from Iowa to die from capital punishment since 1963 if his lethal injection takes place as scheduled on Friday, July 17, 2020 in Terre Haute, Ind. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette via AP, File)

Iowa abolished the death penalty in 1965, but federal prosecutors sought that punishment against Honken because of the horrific nature of his crimes. This week’s federal executions have been the first in 17 years.

3 more states share license data for citizenship efforts

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July 16th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Iowa, South Carolina and South Dakota have now joined Nebraska in agreeing to share driver’s license information with the U.S. Census Bureau to help the Trump administration determine the citizenship status of every U.S. resident. Until recently, Nebraska had been the sole state to sign an agreement with the Census Bureau to share their information. President Donald Trump ordered the Census Bureau last year to gather citizenship data from the administrative records of federal and state agencies after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked his administration’s effort to place a citizenship question on the 2020 census questionnaire.

Rollover accident in Atlantic Wed. night

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July 16th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

A crash in Atlantic late Wednesday night caused $11,000 damage and resulted in a juvenile being transported to the hospital. According to Atlantic Police, the crash happened shortly after 10-p.m. In the 1200 block of Locust Street, when a vehicle driven by a 17-year old male struck a parked van. The impact caused the car, a 2002 Honda Accord, to roll onto its top on the west side of Locust Street.

The unidentified teen was transported by Cass EMS to the Cass County Hospital. Authorities say charges are pending.

Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s report (7/16/20)

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July 16th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office has released a report on recent arrests. Authorities say a little after 7-p.m. Wednesday, 36-year old Jonathan Timothy Bunten, of Council Bluffs, was arrested following a traffic stop. Bunten faces charges that include Possession of Marijuana and Methamphetamine/both 1st offenses, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Driving While Barred. He was being held in the Pott. County Jail on bond amounting to $4,300.

Wednesday afternoon, 45-year old Kathleen Marie Gerhardt, of Oakland, who was being held in the Pott. County Jail on other charges, was served with a warrant for Violation of Probation.  Wednesday morning, 37-year old Wendi An Johnson, of Omaha, was arrested for Violation of Probation. Johnson turned herself-in to the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office and turned over to Corrections staff.

Tuesday evening, 41-year old David Leroy Walker, JR., of Underwood, was arrested at an Underwood motel. He was taken into custody on a warrant for Violation of Parole. And, Tuesday morning, 46-year old Sandra Annette Graham, of Omaha, was arrested for Public Intoxication, after a caller reported a woman was in a ditch and possibly intoxicated, in the vicinity of the Neola Kum-and-Go Store.

U.S. 59 south of Denison to temporarily close Monday, July 27

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July 16th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – July 16, 2020 – The  Iowa Department of Transportation’s District 3 Office reports a project to replace a reinforced concrete box culvert on U.S. 59 south of Denison in Crawford County requires closing the roadway to traffic beginning on Monday morning, July 27th, and lasting until November 2020, weather permitting. During this closure, motorists will be directed around the work zone using U.S. 30, Crawford County Road E-59, and U.S. 59. Midwest Contracting, LLC is the prime contractor of this $805,159 project.

The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey the posted speed limit and other signs in the work area, and be aware that traffic fines for moving violations are at least double in work zones. As in all work zones, drivers should stay alert, allow ample space between vehicles, and wear seat belts.